Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KSC:005930), Apple's smartphone arch-rival, released a new series of TVs back in January which had swappable microcontrollers on the back face, allowing you to keep your Smart TV "smart". However, despite the intrigue, the Smart TV segment continues to be low volume -- something Apple is likely hoping to change.

Apple bought AuthenTec last year. AuthenTec made the fingerprint scanners found on most laptops. Business continued as usual for a few months under Apple's helm. Then suddenly out of the blue, AuthenTec announced that there was a new software update, it would be free for everyone, and that it's the final release. No more. They're not going to sell fingerprint scanners anymore, and won't be supporting the ones they did sell.http://www.authentec.com/a/DiscontinuedProducts.as...

Every laptop vendor using a fingerprint scanner is now stuck with a device that will no longer be updated - no security updates, no compatibility updates for new software. Because apparently Apple wants the feature to be exclusive to their products. They bought the company so I don't have a problem with them making sure the feature only shows up on new Apple products. But cutting off support for products which have already been sold is just low.